The fastest running of the Kentucky Derby? Yeah, you probably know this one, even if you don't realize it. It was the famous Secretariat, who won the Derby in 1973 with a record time of 1:59:24 seconds. That record has now stood for 40 years. And the craziest thing about it is that Secretariat actually got faster as the race went on, which almost never happens. Pictured, Secretariat-1973-Kentucky-Derby
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